Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89.(Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)
Use the map above, the maps in the Egypt Resources wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function
Directions:
Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. Label everything carefully. (Note: Mark means use a marker, label means use a text label, represent means draw a symbol to show the item.)
You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). Provide an image and a description for each historic site.
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
Assignment 2-4 Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic. 2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Answers
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Assingment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.
Where did the Akkadians live?
What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
Who was Sargon and what did he do?
What did Sargon establish?
Define 'empire'.
Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.
How long did Sargon rule his empire?
What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
Answers 1. They lived just north of Sumerian
2. The peace was broken in 2300s BCE when Sargoin sought to extend Akkadian territories.
3. Sargon was a guy who was floating in the water on a basket. Later he became the emperor of the Akkadians.Sargon later rebelled against the Sumerian ruler, took over his city, and built Akkad into a military power. He was among the first military leaders to use soldiers armed with bows and arrows. Sargon gained the loyalty of his soldiers by eating with them every day.
4. Sargon established to make a capital called Akkad and the first emperor
5. A government in which the head of state is an emperor or empress.
6. He makes a great emperor because he has knowledge to conquer the whole Akkadian and he thinks before he doe something.
7. He ruled for more than 50 years.
8. He didn't want enemies to attack them and built Ur to conquer Mesopotamia.
9.
Assignment 2-7 (10)
Assignment 10
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook Directions: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
3. Where was Babylon located?
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
5. What is a monarch?
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
Answers
1. I think the punishments are harsh enough right now so they shouldn't make it harsher. They shouldn't kill people even if they do harsh crimes unless killing someone
2. By 2000 BCE Ur became ruins
3. The city is located on the Euphrates River near what is today Baghdad
4. In 1792 BC Hummurabi
5. monarch is a ruler of a kingdom or empire
6. He called it Babylon Empire
7. He was also an able ruler who could govern a huge empire. He oversaw many building and irrigation projects and improve Babylin's tax collection system to help pay for them. He also brought much prosperity through increased trade. Hammurabi, however, is most famous for his code of laws.
8. Hammurabi's code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
9. It is very important because his code contains almost every laws like crimes, food, marriage, and more. They are daily life laws. They also give you penalties which is very important too.
10. It is very similar with the Akkadian Empire because it was the most important city in Mesopotamia than when the king died the city came to an end.
11. 3. If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
I think it is not fair to die because of accusation they put out. And speaking before the elders, I think you really don;t have to do that either.
If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death. I think I could agree because to the people in Mesopotamia the land of temple or court was important to them.
f any one buy from the son or the slave of another man, without witnesses or a contract, silver or gold, a male or female slave, an ox or a sheep, an ass or anything, or if he take it in charge, he is considered a thief and shall be put to death.
I understand gold and silver but other thing I don't think you should be considered as a thief if you bought it with your own money.
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook Directions: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailedanswers in the chart, on your wiki page.
Characteristics of Civilization
Civilization Name: Assyrians
You can see by that sentence that there are traders and soldiers there.
Six Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
Later, in the 1200s BC, the Assyrians (uh-SIR-ee-unz) from northern Mesopotamia briefly gained control of Babylon. However, their empire was soon overrun by invaders. After this defeat, the Assyrians took about 300 years to recover their strength.
This means that the king had power to control his army and his people because if he couldn't do that he couldn't have power to invade Babylon. Also when they got defeated the had to do some action to make them recover and they did. That explains that the government system had power and control
Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
The Assyrians became well-known traders. Along the way the soldiers collected whatever took their fancy
Explanation
You could just tell by those sentences that there were at least traders and soldiers.
Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others. Evidence Under the leadership of Shamshi-Ada the Assyrians tried to create their own empire, but they were squashed by the Babylonian king, Hammurabi. Then the Asiatic Hurrians (Mitanni) invaded, but they were, in turn, overcome by the growing Hittite Empire.
Explanation
It says under the leadership which tells them the king is in the high social level which proves that there was different social levels.
A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
Evidence cloth,gold, artwork, or slaves.
Explanation
this shows that there was artwork for art and had cloth which could also be art. In the website http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm you can see the pictures which have people riding on the wheel. This shows that they had transportation and it also means science.
A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Evidence hey were able to expand south intoBabylonia again (being more careful to respect the ancient gods there this time)
Explanation
This means that they respect the gods which is same as worshipping and having a religious system
Was it difficult to find evidence for the culture you picked? Why or why not?
I was difficult to find the food supply section but the other ones were fine. I could find it all on the websites that Mr.Hurst gave me so it was easy.
Source:How to Mummify Nefermaat Directions: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
What are amulets and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.
What happens to the body after it was mummified?
Answers
1. That is because egyptian thought that there was afterlife, and they thought pharaohs will have to travel through 12 gates to continue the world.
2. They took out the brain and organ. Then they rap the body up with linen and this is called the mummification.
3. Egyptians take a metal hook and stick it up the nose to break the brain into pieces. Then they take it out through the nose. They took the brain out because they thought that brain was not that important.
4. They are the intestines, stomach, liver, and lung. They are put in the jar and covered with the lid that looks like a mask.
5. They didn't remove the heart because they thought that heart was very important and it meant intelligent, emotions, and feelings.
6. Natron is salt that absorbs moisture.
7. They used the linen to cover up the mummy.
8. The Djed Pillar is the symbol stability and the Scarab was a symbol of rebirth and rising and setting of the sun. They represent the afterlife.
9. After it's mummified the it's ready for it's journey to the afterlife.
Assignment 3-2
Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh?
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh.
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh?
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.)
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
Answer
1. I think it is waste of time because I don't believe in afterlife. I also think It is better to do some crops to live and make sure my family is happy.
2. The third dynasty was called the Old Kingdom and it was from 2700 to 2200 BC.
3. Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a god on earth. They blamed him for not having the crops to grow and his job was to prevent wars.
4. The pharaoh's job was to make sure the crops were growing well and he had to prevent wars too.
5. The Khufu is known for his Great Pyramid in Giza.
6a. The pharaoh Stood at the top as a God ruling Egypt. After that there are the Nobles known as the priests that help run the government and temples. There are the Scribes and Craftpeople whick wrote and produced goods. Lastly there are farmers, servants and slaves. Most of the egyptians were farmers, slaves, and servants.
6b. They had to work really hard. However farmers didn't farm at flood season but they worked on the pharaoh's projects. Slaves and Servants had to always work hard.
6c. They worked on the pharaoh's building projects like the pyramids.
7. people went down to Nubia to get gold, copper, ivory, slaves, and stone for building. They also go to Syria to get wood and fire.
8. Acquire is "to get"
Sentence: Egyptians went to Nubia to acquire gold copper, ivory, and more
9.
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations. Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?
Answers
1. The god I like
I want to be Ra, the god of sun. I would like to be the most important god in Egypt and be worshipped as the sun which is very important. I also like how he looks like with the head of a hawk with the sun disk on top. I like how Ra always reborn after he gets swallowed by the Nut, goddess of sky. It feels like he is immortal. These are the reasons why I like Ra.
The god I don't like
I don't like Seth, god of chaos. First of all I don't like how he is the god of chaos. I don't like the chaos because it gets violent. I also don't like how he murdered his brother Osiris. How can you murder your brother. I don't like him because mostly he is very violent.
2. There are sky gods for Egypt and Mesopotamia. I figured out that there are lots of demon gods in Mesopotamia. Like the Bulls and animal looking gods. In Egypt there are lots of gods that represent death. There figures always have a head of something and the body of other. I think it's same for Mesopotamia except that there are animal bodies and not human body. I think that Egyptians normally had more interest in the dead and afterlife. However in Mesopotamia there were lots of demons and not many gods.
Assignment 3-5
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Grade each paragraph for quality:
4=outstanding work, detailed, correct and above the call of duty
3=very good work, completes assignment, is above average
2=completes assignment correctly, average work
1=does not complete assignment, needs work
0=does not follow directions, assignment missing
Part 1 The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
Workers
Importance of the pyramids
Part 2 The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the difference with the Old Kingdom
what life was like during this time
wars or battles and who was involved
Part 3 The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the causes of the growth of trade
what life was like in an empire
wars or battles (invasions) and who was involved
Old Kingdom
The old kingdom was called the time of The Pyramid Age. There were all types of pyramid like the Pyramid of Giza, step pyramid, and more. There are lots of pyramids that are known for treasure and they can be robed easily too.
Assignment 3-8
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
3. What surprised me the most was...
4. I would like to know more about...
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
Answers
1. The single most important thing I learned was that egypt had very important kings and queens and that some of them were very ferocious and the queens were very important people. I also learned that Egyptian's religion is very powerful and there are lots of kinds of gods.
2. Something that confused me or I didn't understand was about the gods and all kinds of them.
3. What surprised me was when I learned that slaves in Egypt doesn't get hit by things in real life.
4.I would like to know more about the gods in Egypt.
5. The part that I will remember is about Akhenaten because he is the one who changed everything in Egypt and also he is my favourite Pharaoh.
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?
Answers
1. The map above has everywhere that I marked in my map. I has the same shape of the land and also lots of similar places that I have.
2. There is only one thing that I don't have in my map but it has in the map above. It has the dots which I think means that it was were the earliest settlement started. I have a guess of the earliest settlement in my map but not the proper place.
3. I think this because it is near water. If you are near water there is lots of good things about it. Water gives you something to drink. Also it gives you food like fishes. When you are near water you can use boats for transportation and trading with others. There are lots of advantages when you are near water and I think that is why they settled near Indus river and Saravati river.
5. That is because Indians wanted to move to a more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river.
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River? Assignment 4-2 Website: Indus Valley
Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?
Answers
1. They discovered settlements.
2. They had streets and buildings that we have today.
3. I can see that mohenjo-daro was a very well planned city for an ancient city. The artifacts were like things that the people used in mohenjo-dara.
4. I think that people there had fashion because one of the artifacts was a necklace. Also they were advanced with transportation because they had model of carts which means they had carts. They also had bricks that could have been used for building. They were very advanced.
5. There was a sculpture about the priest king because he was very important. They had gold headbands which has to mean that it was very valuable and important. 6. 6. Is is the earliest public water tank. People say it was used for religious thing.
Assignment 4-3 Source:
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Archeologists Ideas Mohenjo-Daro.pdf
Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.
1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answers
1. I learned that mohenjo-daro was a very advanced city and they had a daily life like some of the people now a days.
2. Lots of them fall into the science and the religious things because they had carts with is a very advanced transportation and the great bath and statues of religious thing too.
3. Mohenjo-Daro was like the modern city because it had lots of systems that we had today. They had farming, transportation, religion, and more. Some people in mohejo- daro lived like people today.
4. That is because we don't have very accurate proof of things and we can't explain lots of different things.
5. I think that there might have been a war and it might have gotten destroyed.
Assignment 4-4 Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?
Answers
1. Bramans
2. The favorite part was that our group was in the highest class and we could do what ever we want
3. Somethings that we couldn't do made me upset because we couldn't take it far.
4. I don't think it is fair because higher classes can do what ever they want to.
5. Yes because then a society will be ruined because anything can happen in a no classed society.
COMIC
Comics
Assignment 1
Sources:
Directions:
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). Provide an image and a description for each historic site.
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
Assignment 2-4 Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic.2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Answers
Assingment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.
Answers
1. They lived just north of Sumerian
2. The peace was broken in 2300s BCE when Sargoin sought to extend Akkadian territories.
3. Sargon was a guy who was floating in the water on a basket. Later he became the emperor of the Akkadians.Sargon later rebelled against the Sumerian ruler, took over his city, and built Akkad into a military power. He was among the first military leaders to use soldiers armed with bows and arrows. Sargon gained the loyalty of his soldiers by eating with them every day.
4. Sargon established to make a capital called Akkad and the first emperor
5. A government in which the head of state is an emperor or empress.
6. He makes a great emperor because he has knowledge to conquer the whole Akkadian and he thinks before he doe something.
7. He ruled for more than 50 years.
8. He didn't want enemies to attack them and built Ur to conquer Mesopotamia.
9.
Assignment 2-7 (10)
Assignment 10
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbookDirections: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
3. Where was Babylon located?
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
5. What is a monarch?
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
Answers
1. I think the punishments are harsh enough right now so they shouldn't make it harsher. They shouldn't kill people even if they do harsh crimes unless killing someone
2. By 2000 BCE Ur became ruins
3. The city is located on the Euphrates River near what is today Baghdad
4. In 1792 BC Hummurabi
5. monarch is a ruler of a kingdom or empire
6. He called it Babylon Empire
7. He was also an able ruler who could govern a huge empire. He oversaw many building and irrigation projects and improve Babylin's tax collection system to help pay for them. He also brought much prosperity through increased trade. Hammurabi, however, is most famous for his code of laws.
8. Hammurabi's code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
9. It is very important because his code contains almost every laws like crimes, food, marriage, and more. They are daily life laws. They also give you penalties which is very important too.
10. It is very similar with the Akkadian Empire because it was the most important city in Mesopotamia than when the king died the city came to an end.
11. 3. If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
I think it is not fair to die because of accusation they put out. And speaking before the elders, I think you really don;t have to do that either.
If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.
I think I could agree because to the people in Mesopotamia the land of temple or court was important to them.
f any one buy from the son or the slave of another man, without witnesses or a contract, silver or gold, a male or female slave, an ox or a sheep, an ass or anything, or if he take it in charge, he is considered a thief and shall be put to death.
I understand gold and silver but other thing I don't think you should be considered as a thief if you bought it with your own money.
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbookDirections: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailedanswers in the chart, on your wiki page.
Characteristics of Civilization
Civilization Name: Assyrians
You can see by that sentence that there are traders and soldiers there.Six Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
Explanation
You could just tell by those sentences that there were at least traders and soldiers.
Evidence
Under the leadership of Shamshi-Ada the Assyrians tried to create their own empire, but they were squashed by the Babylonian king, Hammurabi. Then the Asiatic Hurrians (Mitanni) invaded, but they were, in turn, overcome by the growing Hittite Empire.
Explanation
It says under the leadership which tells them the king is in the high social level which proves that there was different social levels.
Evidence
cloth,gold, artwork, or slaves.
Explanation
this shows that there was artwork for art and had cloth which could also be art. In the website http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm you can see the pictures which have people riding on the wheel. This shows that they had transportation and it also means science.
A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Evidence
hey were able to expand south intoBabylonia again (being more careful to respect the ancient gods there this time)
Explanation
This means that they respect the gods which is same as worshipping and having a religious system
I was difficult to find the food supply section but the other ones were fine. I could find it all on the websites that Mr.Hurst gave me so it was easy.
Assyrians
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htmhttp://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egypt/a/assyriaintro.htm
Hittites
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTMhttp://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hittites.htm
Chaldeans
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/nebuchadnezzar.htmlhttp://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/CHALDEAN.HTM
Assignment 3-3
Source: How to Mummify NefermaatDirections: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
Answers
1. That is because egyptian thought that there was afterlife, and they thought pharaohs will have to travel through 12 gates to continue the world.
2. They took out the brain and organ. Then they rap the body up with linen and this is called the mummification.
3. Egyptians take a metal hook and stick it up the nose to break the brain into pieces. Then they take it out through the nose. They took the brain out because they thought that brain was not that important.
4. They are the intestines, stomach, liver, and lung. They are put in the jar and covered with the lid that looks like a mask.
5. They didn't remove the heart because they thought that heart was very important and it meant intelligent, emotions, and feelings.
6. Natron is salt that absorbs moisture.
7. They used the linen to cover up the mummy.
8. The Djed Pillar is the symbol stability and the Scarab was a symbol of rebirth and rising and setting of the sun. They represent the afterlife.
9. After it's mummified the it's ready for it's journey to the afterlife.
Assignment 3-2
Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notesDirections: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh?
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh.
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh?
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.)
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
Answer
1. I think it is waste of time because I don't believe in afterlife. I also think It is better to do some crops to live and make sure my family is happy.
2. The third dynasty was called the Old Kingdom and it was from 2700 to 2200 BC.
3. Egyptians thought that the pharaoh was a god on earth. They blamed him for not having the crops to grow and his job was to prevent wars.
4. The pharaoh's job was to make sure the crops were growing well and he had to prevent wars too.
5. The Khufu is known for his Great Pyramid in Giza.
6a. The pharaoh Stood at the top as a God ruling Egypt. After that there are the Nobles known as the priests that help run the government and temples. There are the Scribes and Craftpeople whick wrote and produced goods. Lastly there are farmers, servants and slaves. Most of the egyptians were farmers, slaves, and servants.
6b. They had to work really hard. However farmers didn't farm at flood season but they worked on the pharaoh's projects. Slaves and Servants had to always work hard.
6c. They worked on the pharaoh's building projects like the pyramids.
7. people went down to Nubia to get gold, copper, ivory, slaves, and stone for building. They also go to Syria to get wood and fire.
8. Acquire is "to get"
Sentence: Egyptians went to Nubia to acquire gold copper, ivory, and more
9.
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations.Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?
Answers
1. The god I like
I want to be Ra, the god of sun. I would like to be the most important god in Egypt and be worshipped as the sun which is very important. I also like how he looks like with the head of a hawk with the sun disk on top. I like how Ra always reborn after he gets swallowed by the Nut, goddess of sky. It feels like he is immortal. These are the reasons why I like Ra.
The god I don't like
I don't like Seth, god of chaos. First of all I don't like how he is the god of chaos. I don't like the chaos because it gets violent. I also don't like how he murdered his brother Osiris. How can you murder your brother. I don't like him because mostly he is very violent.
2. There are sky gods for Egypt and Mesopotamia. I figured out that there are lots of demon gods in Mesopotamia. Like the Bulls and animal looking gods. In Egypt there are lots of gods that represent death. There figures always have a head of something and the body of other. I think it's same for Mesopotamia except that there are animal bodies and not human body. I think that Egyptians normally had more interest in the dead and afterlife. However in Mesopotamia there were lots of demons and not many gods.
Assignment 3-5
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Grade each paragraph for quality:4=outstanding work, detailed, correct and above the call of duty
3=very good work, completes assignment, is above average
2=completes assignment correctly, average work
1=does not complete assignment, needs work
0=does not follow directions, assignment missing
Part 1
The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Part 2
The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Part 3
The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Old Kingdom
The old kingdom was called the time of The Pyramid Age. There were all types of pyramid like the Pyramid of Giza, step pyramid, and more. There are lots of pyramids that are known for treasure and they can be robed easily too.
Assignment 3-8
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.1. The single most important thing I learned was...
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
3. What surprised me the most was...
4. I would like to know more about...
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
Answers
1. The single most important thing I learned was that egypt had very important kings and queens and that some of them were very ferocious and the queens were very important people. I also learned that Egyptian's religion is very powerful and there are lots of kinds of gods.
2. Something that confused me or I didn't understand was about the gods and all kinds of them.
3. What surprised me was when I learned that slaves in Egypt doesn't get hit by things in real life.
4.I would like to know more about the gods in Egypt.
5. The part that I will remember is about Akhenaten because he is the one who changed everything in Egypt and also he is my favourite Pharaoh.
Assignment 4-1
Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?
Answers
1. The map above has everywhere that I marked in my map. I has the same shape of the land and also lots of similar places that I have.
2. There is only one thing that I don't have in my map but it has in the map above. It has the dots which I think means that it was were the earliest settlement started. I have a guess of the earliest settlement in my map but not the proper place.
3. I think this because it is near water. If you are near water there is lots of good things about it. Water gives you something to drink. Also it gives you food like fishes. When you are near water you can use boats for transportation and trading with others. There are lots of advantages when you are near water and I think that is why they settled near Indus river and Saravati river.
5. That is because Indians wanted to move to a more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river.
Activity 4-1 Unlocking the Secrets of Mohenjo-Daro
Assignment 4-1
Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?
Assignment 4-2
Website: Indus Valley
Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?
Answers
1. They discovered settlements.
2. They had streets and buildings that we have today.
3. I can see that mohenjo-daro was a very well planned city for an ancient city. The artifacts were like things that the people used in mohenjo-dara.
4. I think that people there had fashion because one of the artifacts was a necklace. Also they were advanced with transportation because they had model of carts which means they had carts. They also had bricks that could have been used for building. They were very advanced.
5. There was a sculpture about the priest king because he was very important. They had gold headbands which has to mean that it was very valuable and important. 6. 6. Is is the earliest public water tank. People say it was used for religious thing.
Assignment 4-3
Source:
Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.
1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
Answers
1. I learned that mohenjo-daro was a very advanced city and they had a daily life like some of the people now a days.
2. Lots of them fall into the science and the religious things because they had carts with is a very advanced transportation and the great bath and statues of religious thing too.
3. Mohenjo-Daro was like the modern city because it had lots of systems that we had today. They had farming, transportation, religion, and more. Some people in mohejo- daro lived like people today.
4. That is because we don't have very accurate proof of things and we can't explain lots of different things.
5. I think that there might have been a war and it might have gotten destroyed.
Assignment 4-4
Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?
Answers
1. Bramans
2. The favorite part was that our group was in the highest class and we could do what ever we want
3. Somethings that we couldn't do made me upset because we couldn't take it far.
4. I don't think it is fair because higher classes can do what ever they want to.
5. Yes because then a society will be ruined because anything can happen in a no classed society.
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